Titans have ruined the game for strategic players

[SparkyElf-2852]

@gutnbutt-1389

For all of you who play HS because it was a substitute for chess.

Unless it’s about Mercenaries, and the PvE side in particular, I don’t even know what to say. When was HS ever like that? A substitute for roulette — that I’d understand…

@Altair-2432

there are certain endgames where it’s the only thing that matters - zugzwang, for example

Zugzwang is not an endgame.

This is one of the situations when one tries to show off and mention something fancy… only to reveal one’s ignorance and lack of understanding.

@Altair-2432

tempo - both chess and hearthstone value tempo.

They are different things in different games, despite the same word being reused.

By the way, there are types of chess positions where tempo means nothing, there are others where even one tempo means everything. Btw, zugzwang occurs because pieces just cannot jump in their place and stay where they are — it’s when you’d want to shed a tempo, but you cannot.

@Altair-2432

both games require tremendous memory to play properly.

Yeah, the famous role of skill in HS.

@Altair-2432

Chess is all about knowing all the openings and best moves

What can I say, mate… Perhaps you’d do well to stick to playing HS.

@Altair-2432

In Hearthstone there are many hidden variables

And this person denies the game’s being rigged…

@Altair-2432

The comparison with poker would hold much more value as both games have hidden variables

It’s been some years since I brushed up on Bell’s theorem and such, but, as far as I remember, no, there are no hidden variables (with certain specifications, but still) in poker, unless it’s rigged.

@BillyCan-1560

If you are talking about American football, football isn’t even a substitute for football because it isn’t football at all.

That’s a good one, but with one small correction: you should have said ‘North American’ (idiom or not), since otherwise those Brazilians, Argentinians and others — yes, they are Americans as well — might have something to say about it.

[BillyCan-1560]

I stand corrected. Well said, sir.

However, be it rugby or soccer , it isn’t actually American football even when played by Americans. I have always found it amazing that the Yanks insist on calling it football when only one player out of 11 (QB or Kicker) is allowed to put their foot to the ball legally. Stupid beyond belief.

[BillyCan-1560]

…and this is why Zeus and his cronies banished the Titans for all time.

[Sanjiluv-1311]

@BillyCan-1560

However, be it rugby or soccer , it isn’t actually American football even when played by Americans. I have always found it amazing that the Yanks insist on calling it football when only one player out of 11 (QB or Kicker) is allowed to put their foot to the ball legally. Stupid beyond belief.

football was just a catch all term for any sport that wasnt played with a horse. It just stuck with american football the most. Although no one really knows for sure but the best theory or whatever is that its just a ye olde english term.

[gutnbutt-1389]

lol you are correct sire!